Tech Company Financing Transactions
LearnSprout Funding Round
Formation 8, private investors and Samsung Ventures participated in a $4.2 million Series A capital raise for LearnSprout. The round was announced on 5/13/2014.
Transaction Overview
Company Name
Announced On
5/13/2014
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$4,200,000
Round
Series A
Investors
Proceeds Purpose
LearnSprout says it has been using the new funding for accelerating development on new tools to offer educators predictive analytics on which students are at risk for dropping out of school. And on speeding up the development of a premium offering -- which it's looking to launch in 2015 to start monetizing the freemium business.
Company Information
Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
EdTech
Mailing Address
630 8th Street 10
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
San Francisco, CA 94103
USA
Phone
Website
Email Address
Overview
Having witnessed the revolution that data transparency has brought to the consumer software industry, we are driven to do the same for education. At LearnSprout our mission is to make education data universally accessible yet secure.
Profile
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Management Team
Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Franklyn Chien
Chief Technical Officer
Anthony Wu
VP - Marketing
Paul Smith
VP - Operations
Anna Hon
VP - Product Management
Joe Woo
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